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<h1 class="topictitle1">Manually Executing Backup</h1>
<div><p>If you want to perform a backup immediately, you can manually perform the backup.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Context</h4><ul><li>During the execution of a manual backup job, parameters (except <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Automatic Retry</strong></span></b></span>) defined in the SLA, such as <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Rate Limiting Policies</strong></span></b></span>, <span class="uicontrol"><b>Job Failure Alarm</b></span>, and <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Source Deduplication</strong></span></b></span>, take effect.</li><li>Copies generated by manual backup are retained for the duration defined in the SLA.<p>If the protection policy selected during manual backup is not defined in the SLA, the generated backup copy is retained permanently. If <span><strong>Forever Incremental (Synthetic Full) Backup</strong></span> is not defined in the SLA but <span><strong>Forever Incremental (Synthetic Full) Backup</strong></span> is selected during manual backup, the copies generated in this manual <span><strong>Forever Incremental (Synthetic Full) Backup</strong></span> will be retained permanently.</p>
</li><li>If a replication or archive policy has been defined in the SLA, the system will perform replication or archiving once based on the SLA when you perform manual backup.</li></ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4><ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792547236_ul596411210418"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792547236_li18282112344115">If you want to back up data when the VM is started, ensure that Tools has been configured for the VM. Otherwise, backup cannot be performed. For details about how to install the tool, see the <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792547236_i194246473379"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792547236_text1577512329371">FusionCompute Online Help</span></em>.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792547236_li159641216413">For FusionCompute 8.7.0 and later versions, if you want to use an independent backup network plane for LAN-based backup and restoration, configure an independent backup network plane through FusionCompute first. For details, see <a href="en-us_topic_0000001840260694.html">Configuring the Backup Network Plane (Applicable to FusionCompute 8.7.0 and Later Versions)</a> (applicable to only 1.6.0 and later versions).</li></ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol138292612376"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text1838292612372"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; Virtualization &gt; FusionCompute</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Click the <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_uicontrol1572748216"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text5567112010217"><strong>Cluster</strong></span></b></span>, <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_uicontrol182551045216"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text792108125"><strong>Hosts</strong></span></b></span>, <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_uicontrol398415287311"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text1347113092211"><strong>VMs</strong></span></b></span>, or <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_b68647305514">VM Groups</strong> tab based on the type of data to be backed up.</span><p><div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_note136461521191212"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_ul1357111371313"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_li35361939337"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_en-us_topic_0000001792547708_b457194514216">VM Groups</strong> is available only in 1.6.0 and later versions.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_li45717377313">When you select <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_uicontrol4661223496"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text10257815133"><strong>Cluster</strong></span></b></span> or <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_uicontrol866423997"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text5209182174812"><strong>Hosts</strong></span></b></span> for backup, only VMs with the same SLA as the cluster or host are backed up. VMs with different SLAs from the cluster or host are not backed up.</li></ul>
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</p></li><li><span>In the row of the cluster, host, VM, or VM group to be backed up, choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_uicontrol58631047392"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text1648763311257"><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text109939110248"><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p><div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_note1527151103"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_en-us_topic_0000001792503838_p870125314544">You can select multiple clusters, hosts, or VMs and choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_en-us_topic_0000001792503838_uicontrol14182155715711"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_en-us_topic_0000001792503838_text662114113158"><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_en-us_topic_0000001792503838_text1068159191519"><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span> in the upper left corner of the page to manually back up data in batches.</p>
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</p></li><li><span>Set the name of the copy generated through manual backup.</span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_p444210492470">If this parameter is left empty, the system sets the name to <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_b1387352211594">backup_</strong><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_i118731228596">Timestamp</em> by default.</p>
</p></li><li><span>Select a protection policy, which can be <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text46375173617"><strong>Full backup</strong></span> or <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_text162775423352"><strong>Forever Incremental (Synthetic Full) Backup</strong></span>.</span></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792547168__en-us_topic_0000001792387984_uicontrol143791852726"><b>OK</b></span>.</span></li></ol>
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